Romanticism

Examples of Romanticism in the following topics:

• Romanticism in America

  • American Romanticism emphasized emotion, individualism, and personality over rationalism and the constraints of religion.
  • Romanticism became popular in American politics, philosophy, and art.
  • Romanticism often involved a rapturous response to nature and promised a new blossoming of American culture.
  • Emerson, a leading transcendentalist writer, was highly influenced by romanticism, especially after meeting leading figures in the European romantic movement in the 1830s.
  • By the 1880s, however, psychological and social realism were competing with Romanticism in the novel.

• Transcendentalism

  • In contrast, they were intimately familiar with the English Romantics, and the transcendental movement may be partially described as an American outgrowth of Romanticism.

• The Emergence of "American" Literature

  • Matthiessen), this period encompasses (approximately) the 1820s to the dawn of the Civil War, and it has been closely identified with American romanticism and transcendentalism.

• Television

  • Sitcoms offered a romanticized view of middle class American life with The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966), Father Knows Best (1954–1960), and ABC's The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966) exemplifying the genre.

• The Ku Klux Klan

  • Theatrical poster for "The Birth of a Nation," the 1915 film that romanticized the Ku Klux Klan and helped inspire a renewed KKK to emerge.

• Movements and Reforms

  • In contrast, they were intimately familiar with the English romantics, and the transcendental movement may be partially described as an American outgrowth of romanticism.

• Technological Advancement

  • Sitcoms offered a romanticized view of middle class American life.